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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date CubaCongo - KinshasaMoldova
11,10851,1814,244
11,14752,7824,199
11,17954,4534,154
11,21056,1704,108
11,24157,8604,059
11,26059,5994,013
11,26861,4743,966
11,26663,4793,919
11,26165,5903,873
11,25867,8003,829
11,26070,1143,788
11,26272,5503,748
11,26475,1383,709
11,26277,7923,671
11,25080,5343,633
11,23883,3683,595
11,21486,2293,558
11,18089,1933,522
11,14792,2093,485
11,11695,2323,448
11,10598,3203,412
11,089101,4993,376
11,046104,7673,339
11,003108,1713,570

Source: Bolt, J. and van Zanden, J.L. (2024), Maddison style estimates of the evolution of the world economy: A new 2023 update, Journal of Economic Surveys, 1-41, DOI 10.1111/joes.12618. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. The original sources are listed on each page.

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Original sources of these estimates

GDP pc: 2008 - 2022: Total Economy Database the Conference Board for all countries included in TED. Otherwise UN national accounts statistics

Cuba

  • 1690–1895: Santamaria Garcia, A. (2005). Las Cuentas nacionales de Cuba, 1960 - 2005', mimeo
  • 1902–1958: Ward, M. and Devereux, J. (2012), “The Road Not Taken: Pre-Revolutionary Cuban Living Standards in Comparative Perspective” Journal of Economic History, 72(1): 104–132

No separate list is published for Congo - Kinshasa, Moldova; the database as a whole is cited above.